Old Dominion to join Big East, AAC to add women’s lacrosse in 2019

Women’s college lacrosse will have a few conference shake-ups in 2019.

Wednesday, American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco announced that women’s lacrosse will be added in 2019 as a six-team league, the 16th Division I conference in women’s lacrosse. The addition now gives the AAC 22 sports which it sponsors, including 10 men’s and 12 women’s sports.

The league will be comprised of Cincinnati, Connecticut, East Carolina, Florida, Temple and Vanderbilt. The Gators and the Commodores will be affiliate members.

With Cincinnati, UConn, Temple, Florida and Vanderbilt all coming over from the Big East Conference, Old Dominion has announced they will be joining the Big East as a new affiliate member beginning in 2019.